Further to yesterday's posting, Jeff Davies has kindly looked at a few photos
of the bird and confirmed that the bird is an Arctic Tern (1st summer), so this
may be a good chance to see this species, which is a rare visitor to the Perth
coast. I haven't heard any further reports (positive or negative) since
yesterday morning.
It's possible that it arrived during the bout of strong westerlies that blew
through late last week, over last weekend and into the start of this week.
Cheers,John
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> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 13:36:46 +0800
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] "Commic" tern at Hillarys Boat Harbour
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>
> Hi all,
>
> For those who have not heard, a "commic" tern has been present the last few
> days at Hillarys Boat Harbour in Perth, and was still showing well this
> morning flying around the marina and also perched on a jetty with Crested
> Terns. The best area to look for it is from along the southern harbour
> wall/groyne. Park near AQWA (the Aquarium of WA) and walk out along the
> groyne until you reach the outer harbour - the bird often flies along the
> rock walls here, and sometimes rests with the Crested Terns. The bird was
> first seen on Thursday by Michael Hancock, then again on Friday morning by
> Ted & Maureen Cawley, and subsequently by others on Friday afternoon and this
> morning. The ID is still not settled, but Arctic Tern is probably the
> favourite at this stage
>
> Cheers,
> John
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